Safeguarding is not a tickbox exercise – it's a justice issue
The nature and scale of abuse within and beyond the Church is deeply disturbing.
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Greta declares war on the West
Greta Thunberg wants not just to limit climate emissions, but to overthrow the entire capitalist system underpinning Western civilization.
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If American history read like the Bible
If the Bible exposes the flaws of our spiritual forefathers, why should American history cover up the failings of our founders?
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The pressures to change the Coronation oath
A change in the Coronation oath would have major implications.
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Just a mistake?
Is the word 'mistake' being used properly?
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Bottom of the well theology: a Christian perspective from Ukraine
Peering into a well and being at the bottom of one are two completely different experiences.
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The in-between month of Marcheshvan: a time to recap and look forward
Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster delves into the meaning to be found in the mundane and how the present is connected to the future.
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Honest questions for Church of England bishops and other leaders
As a parish minister my congregations can read statements by liberal bishops – but none by evangelicals at the time of writing. And that is more deeply depressing and demoralising than I can begin to explain.
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Changing the Church of England's position on same-sex relations will be devastating for faithful Christians
Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, responds to comments in the media by the Bishop of Oxford, Stephen Croft, calling for the Church of England to marry same-sex couples.
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Depending on God in a time of evil
The New Testament epistle reading in the Book of Common Prayer set for today, the twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, is vital to the Christian's understanding of the workings of evil.
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A government rebuke for ITV news editor after 'conversion therapy' story
The truth is that we don't really know what the government is going to do.
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Britain's hidden education crisis
Teachers and support staff are drained: by the Covid fall-out, increasing behavioural challenges, and the prospect of cutting essential staff to balance the books.
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How the 'right to marry' became a 'right to children'
Inherent in so much of the culture downstream from the sexual revolution is that desires and rights are the same thing.
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